Mardi Gras! New Orleans Cooking
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Since you can’t get to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, bring the celebration to your own kitchen and enjoy the party! In this fun, hands-on cooking class, you’ll create the famous dishes that make Louisiana cuisine so unforgettable. The menu includes Jambalaya with Chicken, Seafood, and Andouille Sausage, Shrimp Étouffée, and Chicken Gumbo, all finished with a classic New Orleans Bread Pudding with Sauce. Raise a toast to this special holiday and take home recipes you’ll want to make all year long!
NOTE: This class is a high-demand class. If spaces are full, remember to add yourself to the waitlist. If there is enough interest, a second class will be opened up.
Instructor: Diane Manteca
About Our Instructor:
Diane has been a professional chef for 35 years, working in high end gourmet establishments as well as catering companies. She owned the Brickyard Cafe in Cambridge for 7 years which was an eclectic and popular restaurant tucked away in the Fresh Pond area. Diane has co-authored a Zone cookbook on healthy eating and worked as a food consultant with recipe development for a major corporation. She has been a culinary teacher at Assabet Regional Vocational School and Brookline High School and has participated in many charitable events including Dana Farber: Cooking for a Cure. She has been a personal chef with clients in the Boston area, and continues her passion of teaching culinary classes. Diane also has a successful Utube channel called Diane's World Kitchen and loves making cooking videos to share with all.